Mackay Base Hospital - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
Mackay Base Hospital - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
Mackay Base Hospital - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
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Indicator 16: Do women make in<strong>for</strong>med decisions about caesarean section?Gold standard care is defined as women feeling that they made an in<strong>for</strong>med decision to have a caesarean section (that is, thepros and cons were discussed and they decided from all their available options).We asked women who had a caesarean section: “Did your maternity care provider(s) discuss with you the pros and cons(benefits and risks) of having and not having a caesarean?” and “Who decided if you would or would not have a caesarean?”Indicator 16.1: Caesarean section scheduled in advance 8The graph displays the percentage of women who said they made an in<strong>for</strong>med decision to have a caesarean section that wasscheduled in advance (i.e. a caesarean section that was decided on be<strong>for</strong>e women arrived at the hospital to have their baby).STATEWIDE PUBLIC51<strong>Mackay</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> (n=8)Insufficient Data<strong>Mackay</strong> Birth <strong>Centre</strong> (n=0)Insufficient DataProserpine <strong>Hospital</strong> (n=5)Insufficient DataSTATEWIDE PRIVATE53Mater Misericordiae <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>Mackay</strong> (n=28)680 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Best public hospitals in <strong>Queensland</strong>:Nambour <strong>Hospital</strong> 73%Best public birth centre in <strong>Queensland</strong>:Insufficient dataBest private hospital in <strong>Queensland</strong>:Sunshine Coast Private <strong>Hospital</strong> 71%What do women say about their care?“I would have liked there to be more in<strong>for</strong>mation aboutmy choices with a breech baby…I did not like how itwas assumed that I would have a c-section…Eventhough it was the best option in the end I would haveliked the in<strong>for</strong>mation presented to me and the decisionbe mine and guided by the health care professional.”“Procedures <strong>for</strong> general anaesthetic <strong>for</strong> caesarean(catheter inserted while conscious was not explainedto me), very painful and distressing.”8Insufficient data <strong>for</strong> Atherton <strong>Hospital</strong>, Biloela <strong>Hospital</strong>, Dalby <strong>Hospital</strong>, Emerald <strong>Hospital</strong>, Gladstone <strong>Hospital</strong>, Gold Coast Birth <strong>Centre</strong>,Goondiwindi <strong>Hospital</strong>, Gympie <strong>Hospital</strong>, Hervey Bay <strong>Hospital</strong>, Innisfail <strong>Hospital</strong>, Kingaroy Health Service, Longreach <strong>Hospital</strong>, <strong>Mackay</strong> <strong>Base</strong><strong>Hospital</strong>, <strong>Mackay</strong> Birth <strong>Centre</strong>, Mareeba <strong>Hospital</strong>, Mater Misericordiae <strong>Hospital</strong> Gladstone, Mt Isa <strong>Hospital</strong>, Proserpine <strong>Hospital</strong>, Royal Brisbaneand Women’s Birth <strong>Centre</strong>, Stanthorpe <strong>Hospital</strong>, Townsville Birth <strong>Centre</strong> and Warwick <strong>Hospital</strong>.32
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